Roosevelt Opens 60 Million Dollar Fair in New York
President Roosevelt opened the 60 million dollar New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows on a rainy day. He urged global unity and peace, praising international goodwill and progress. About 600,000 attended the first eight hours, far short of the expected million, amid cool, wet weather. Dignitaries from many nations and officials from Washington joined the ceremony and listened as Lehman and LaGuardia spoke.
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International League for Truth in Germany plots Nazi downfall
A secretly funded group promotes anti Hitler propaganda inside Germany by distributing pamphlets to Gestapo via non German translators to sow distrust and confusion within the Nazi ranks. It aims to provoke suspicion among Nazi leaders and undermine Hitler’s unity, potentially aiding his fall.
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Pashington
Neal Regina
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Naval Recruiting Party to Be in Hope Friday
A naval recruiting party will visit the Hope post office on Friday May 5 to take enlistment applications from youths. White applicants may be aged 17 to 25 and negro youths 18 to 26, inviting both groups to enlist.
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Naval
Hope Post Office
Cranium Cracker News Locations Highlighted
A compact feature notes Capron Oklahoma Kansas City Missouri Uvalde Texas Albania Austria and other places linked to recent developments. It outlines how multiple sites connect to ongoing news events and prompts readers to consider regional roles and impacts.
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Uvalde
Tex
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Austria
Allayers
Over 100 High Schools Enter Arkansas Contests
Arkadelphia Ark May 5 6 state library and music contests will draw more than 100 high schools. L M Guza president reports 74 schools will enter track and field in the Sunday events with both A and B divisions. Nearly 500 literary and athletic contestants expected plus an equal number of teachers parents and friends. City plans to house and feed visitors as colleges assist in conducting contests.
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Ark
L. M. Guza
Cllegez
Jin
Hope softball season kicks off with ceremony and league play
Hope opens its softball season Monday night at Pair Park with Roy Anderson tossing the first ball and Mayor Atkins batting. Two leagues form under Softball Commissioner Bill Brasher, Class A with four teams and Class B with six. Admission 5 and 10 cents, two opening games precede an exhibition on Sunday.
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Fair Park Commission
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Hot Springs
Iwo
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Alton CCC
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Leg Compion
Texarkana
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Hope
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North Side Scrappers
Ee the Park
Bell
Bib White
Daniel C. Roper Named U S Minister to Canada
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Daniel C. Roper former Secretary of Commerce to be minister to Canada. The 1939 spring outlook for egg and poultry production in the United States shows an increase over 1933.
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United States
Mind Your Manners Qs And Answers From 1929 NEA
Public guidance on letter writing habits with quiz style questions and answers. It covers apologies, closings, letter length, writing methods, and cheerful tone for sympathy notes. Copyright 1929 NEA Berville.
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NEA Berville
Better Homes Tour Planned This Friday Across County
Miss Melya Bullinglop, county Better Homes chairman, announced the tour will be held Friday. Participants should meet at city hall by 9 o clock. Stops include Patmos Melrose Hope Sweet Home MecCassill Ozan Marlbrook with exhibits of home furnishings and plumbing kitchens.
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Better Homes
Patmos
Melrose
Hope
Sweet Home
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Ozan
Marlbrook
Bert Keith
C. 5
Bittick
McCaskill
H. O. Stuart Wil
Tu Yonunilice
G. W. Ware
Leon Buddy
Erle Turner
J. L. Bley
Oliver L. Aduens
J M Britt 65 Buried After Week of Illness
J M Britt age 65 died at Judah Chester hospital shortly after midnight Saturday following about a week of illness. He lived in the city for years. Funeral services were held at Hernton Cornelius Funeral Home on South Main Street at 10 a.m. Monday conducted by Rev W R Hamilton pastor of First Baptist Church. Burial was in Rusty Hill cemetery. Survived by his widow and several sons and daughters. Sohn Dune of Prevention BURBAN South Africa— in Durban William Pagel walked a leopard with a willow switch explaining the act was for cash as frightened spectators watched.
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Hope Carpenter
Chester
Hernton-Corneliys
South Mails Street
WR. Hanzilton
First Baptist Church
Rusy Hill
Sohn
Burban
South Africa
Durban
William Pagel
More Honors Won by Band Members
Hot Springs Ark high school bands won first division ratings in the ninth annual Arkansas high school band meet. Other Class A contenders El Dorado and Hot Springs earned high marks as several ensembles from the state earned top division honors. Regional contest plans were announced for May 12 and 13 in Little Rock with nine Hope High School winners aiming for regional participation.
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DeWitt
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Camden
Malvern
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van Buren
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Cotham Rial
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Sextors
Thomas Cannon
Hope High School
Litle Rock
Arkansas
Louisians
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Blind Pastor E C Pearrow to Preach at Garrett Memorial
The Rev E C Pearrow state evangelist and missionary will speak at Garrett Memorial Baptist church Monday at 1 45 o clock. Pearrow, who lost his sight at 17, is noted as an outstanding preacher and educator. Attendance is invited.
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E. C. Pearrow
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Pearrow
Robison's Install New Credit Plan in Hope Store
Gen W Robison & Co announces a modern credit system at its Hope store supervised by C F Boulton. The plan, first in southwest Arkansas, offers $10 value coupon books with 10 percent down and 19 weekly payments, usable across department store purchases, including apparel.
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Arkansas
Military unit given Caribbean department for Panama Canal
The Department of War created a new first line defense for the Panama Canal by establishing a military department in the Caribbean Sea. Secretary Woodring said the headquarters would be at the military reservation of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Department of War
Panama
Curses cited as fateful, Bulwer quip on reegi fate
Fragmentary page three snippet quotes Bulwer likening curses to young chickens and predicting consequences, with the line suggesting curses will come home to roost as a witty aside in a broader column.
Accidental Gun Wound During Fishing Trip
Finley Goodlet of Blevins, about 30, is recovering at Julia Chester hospital after a bullet from a gun in a rear pocket fired on a fishing trip at Horseshoe Lake Sunday. The bullet entered the back of the right knee and ranged toward the ankle. a physician extracted it as Goodlet rested well Monday morning. He was brought to the hospital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Blevins
Julia Chester Hospital
Horseshoe Lake
Lemley to Be Confirmed Quickly as Arkansas Judge
Senator Mil ley of Arkansas predicted swift confirmation for Harry J. Lemley of Hone Ark as Arkansas new roving federal district judge. Miller, head of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee, said he would vote for confirmation though he had backed Al Meehan of Stuttgart for the post. Senator Hattie W Caraway also endorsed Lemley.
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Hone
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Miller
al Meehan
Stuttgart
Hattie W. Caraway
Bruce Lumber Co Signs With AFI Reopens After Strike
The Little Rock plant of the E. L. Bruce Company, closed since March 7 for a strike by 610 workers, will reopen at 7:30 Monday under an agreement signed Sunday by company representatives and Union No. 2846 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, affiliate of the American Federation of Labor.
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Little Rock
E. L. Bruce Company
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
American Federation of Labor
Germany Defiant as Hitler Attacks War Criticism
Berlin reports Hitler denounces charges of seeking war in two speeches to 125000 youths and factory workers. He condemns American goods actions and asserts Germany’s readiness. In London, bills to draft men aged 20 for six months and call reserves are introduced, amid cabinet briefings on British reaction to Nazi pressure.
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Germany Poland tensions escalate over Danzig corridor
Reports cite Hitler pressing Poland with demands including a 25 kilometer wide extra territorial road across the Polish corridor. Poland, mobilizing over 1 million men, signals it will fight rather than yield. Reichstag speech outlines terms tied to the Danzig Polish corridor dispute amid escalating tensions in Europe.
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England to Get Chance to Grow Her Own Firs
In Bellingham Washington the Pacific Northwest faces forest depletion and idle plywood mills from Douglas fir log exports. Cones from local Douglas firs in the Darrington region will be shipped to Knope for experimental purposes to enable Europe to raise its own firs. The Darrington district is noted for the hardy prolific trees.
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Europe
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